''Crocodile Shoes'' is an album by

Jimmy Nail James Michael Aloysius Bradford (born 16 March 1954), known as Jimmy Nail, is an English singer-songwriter, actor, film producer, and television writer. He played the role of Leonard "Oz" Osborne in the television show ''Auf Wiedersehen, Pet'' ( ...

consisting of "original songs from the BBC Television serial" of the same name. It was released in 1994 by East West Records and peaked at number two on the

UK Albums Chart The Official Albums Chart is the United Kingdom's industry-recognised national record chart for album, albums. Entries are ranked by sales and audio streaming. It was published for the first time on 22 July 1956 and is compiled every week by the O ...

. It was the Christmas number two album that year.

Track listing

Crocodile Shoes ''Crocodile Shoes'' is a British 13-part television drama set across two series and was made by the BBC. It was screened on BBC1 in 1994 (Series 1) and in 1996 (Series 2). The first series, comprising seven episodes, was written by and starred ...

" – written by Tony McAnaney #"Calling Out Your Name" – written by

#"Cowboy Dreams" – written by

Paddy McAloon Patrick Joseph McAloon (born 7 June 1957) is an English singer-songwriter and a founder of the band Prefab Sprout. Early life McAloon was born and grew up in Witton Gilbert in County Durham, England. He was trained to be a Catholic priest be ...

#"Once Upon a Time" – written by Jimmy Nail #"Only One Heart" – written by Croker and Nail #"Bitter and Twisted" – written by Jimmy Nail #"Love Will Find Someone for You" – written by Paddy McAloon #"Angel" – written by Nail #"Between a Woman and a Man" – written by Nail #"Don't Wanna Go Home" – written by Nail #"Dragons" – written by Paddy McAloon

Chart performance

Personnel

*Jimmy Nail – vocals, harmonica, Hammond organ *Tony McAnaney – guitar, bass guitar, harmonica, bouzouki *Trevor Brewis – drums (tracks: 1,3,8) *Paul Smith – drums, percussion *

Geoff Dugmore The Europeans were a British new wave group formed in 1981 and disbanded in 1985. They released three albums, none of which achieved much in terms of chart position. In 1989, their former keyboard player and co-lead vocalist Steve Hogarth joi ...

– drums *

Phil Palmer Philip John Palmer (born 9 September 1952) is a British rock sideman and session guitarist who has toured, recorded, and worked with numerous artists. He is best known for his work with Eric Clapton and Dire Straits. Biography Palmer grew up ...

– guitar *

John Giblin John Giblin (26 February 1952 – 14 May 2023) was a Scottish musician who worked as an acoustic and electric bass player spanning jazz, classical, rock, folk, and avant-garde music. He was a member of Simple Minds from 1985 to 1988, and w ...

– bass *

Paul Wickens Paul "Wix" Wickens is an English musician best known as keyboardist and musical director of Paul McCartney's touring band since 1989. In a career that started in 1973, Wickens has also worked with artists including Nik Kershaw, Bob Dylan, Joni ...

– keyboards (tracks: 7, 10) * B. J. Cole – pedal steel guitar *Marcus Brown – keyboards, accordion, programming *Steve Robson – fiddle, ocarina *Danny Cummings – tambourine *Dave Taggart,

Margo Buchanan Margo Buchanan is a Scottish singer-songwriter, composer, musician, and recording artist. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Buchanan is best known for her work as a session backing vocalist. Early years Margo Buchanan was born in Lanark, ...

, Monica Reed-Price, Shirley Lewis – backing vocals *Mixed by Jimmy Nail,

Jon Kelly Jon Kelly is a British audio engineer and record producer, who began his career as an engineer at Air London Studios. He has produced albums and singles for Chris Rea, the Damned, Kate Bush (where he co-produced with Bush on her third album '' ...

References

1994 albums Jimmy Nail albums Albums produced by Jon Kelly East West Records albums {{1990s-rock-album-stub